Laboratory of
Dr Joseph Sisneros
Selected Publications:

Sisneros, JA. 2009. Seasonal plasticity of auditory saccular sensitivity in the vocal plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus. Journal of Neurophysiology 102:1121-1131. (PDF)

Sisneros, JA. 2009. Steroid-dependent auditory plasticity for the enhancement of acoustic communication: recent insights from a vocal teleost fish. Hearing Research 252:9-14. (PDF)

Sisneros, JA, Alderks, PW, Leon, K and B Sniffen. 2009. Morphometric changes associated with the reproductive cycle and behaviour of the interidal-nesting, male plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus. Journal of Fish Biology 74:18-36. (PDF)

Sisneros, JA. 2009. Adaptive hearing in the vocal plainfin midshipman fish: getting in tune for the breeding season and its implications for acoustic communication. Integrative Zoology 4:33-42. (PDF)

Sisneros, JA. 2007. Saccular potentials of the vocal plainfin midshipman fish, Porichthys notatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology (A) 193:413-424. (PDF)

Sisneros, JA and AH Bass 2005. Ontogenetic changes in the response properties of individual, primary auditory afferents in the vocal plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus, Girard). Journal of Experimental Biology 208:3121-3131. (PDF) (Cover article)
(Featured in Inside JEB - PDF)

Sisneros, JA, Forlano, PM, Deitcher, DL and AH Bass. 2004. Steroid-dependent auditory plasticity leads to adaptive coupling of sender and receiver. Science 305:404-407. (PDF)
(Featured in the Perspectives - Heeding the Hormonal Call - PDF)

Sisneros, JA, Forlano, PM, Knapp, R and AH Bass. 2004. Seasonal variation of steroid hormone levels in an intertidal-nesting fish, the vocal plainfin midshipman. General and Comparative Endocrinology 136:101-116. (PDF) (Cover article)

Sisneros, JA and AH Bass. 2003. Seasonal plasticity of peripheral auditory frequency sensitivity. Journal of Neuroscience 23:1049-1058. (PDF)
(Summary in This Week in the Journal of Neuroscience - PDF)

Sisneros, JA and TC Tricas. 2002. Neuroethology and life history adaptations of the elasmobranch electric sense. Journal of Physiology (Paris) 96:379-389. (PDF)

Sisneros, JA and TC Tricas. 2002. Ontogenetic changes in the response properties of the peripheral electrosensory system in the Atlantic stingray (Dasyatis sabina). Brain, Behavior and Evolution 59:130-140. (PDF) (Cover article)

Sisneros, JA, MA Marchaterre, and AH Bass. 2002. Otolithic endorgan projections of the inner ear in a vocal fish. Bioacoustics 12:137-139 (PDF)

Sisneros, JA and TC Tricas. 2000. Androgen-induced changes in the response dynamics of ampullary electrosensory primary afferent neurons. Journal of Neuroscience 20:8586-8595. (PDF)

Sisneros, JA, TC Tricas, and CA Luer. 1998. Response properties and biological function of the skate electrosensory system during ontogeny. Journal of Comparative Physiology (A) 183:87-99. (PDF)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Last updated 8-3-09